Cheese slicer



0. JASSOY CHEESE SLICER Oct. 11, 1932.

Filed Feb. 27, 1931 wcm/awwsw dummy Patented Oct. 11, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE OTTO JASSOY, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO EINAB C. CHRISTENSEN, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK CHEESE SLICER Application filed February 27, 1931.

This invention relates to devices for slicing cheese, butter, and other materials of like consistency. More particularly it relates to devices for such use which are relatively small and compact and are particularly adapted for home use along with such articles as table silverware or kitchen utensils.

The invention comprehends a device of the general appearance of a carving knife and having a handle and a shaft extending therefrom which supports in parallelism therewith a cutting member, in order that during the slicing operation the shaft may be held against the face of the material being sliced to gauge the thickness of slice and effect the cutting of a slice of even thickness corresponding to the distance between the shaft and the cutting member, Means are contemplated whereby this distance may be conveniently varied to produce slices of the desired thickness.

The invention further comprehends a device which may be quickly and easily disassembled and assembled for cleaning or replacing its various component parts. A novel device is incorporated in the construction for adjusting the cutting member-to the proper tension, this member preferably comprising wire or a thin blade of other section so that the sliced material will be deformed as little as possible during the slicing operation.

These and other objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description of a typical embodiment of the invention, reference being made to the accompanying drawing, wherein I Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the device in operation;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the complete device;

Fig. 3 is an exploded view showing the parts, which com rise the cutting wire tensioning end of t 0 device, in disassembled relation;

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view taken along line 44 of Fig. 2, showing an annular member which is adapted to secure the inner end of the cutting wire; and

Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the portions shown in Fig. 4 and illustrating one mode of assembling the handle, shaft,

, longitudinal axis of the shaft.

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cutting wire and the wire securing annular member.

As shown in Fig. 2 the device may com prise a handle 11, which may be of any desired pattern and may simulate or harmonipe in form and contour withjgtable silver- ,,waie or kitchen ware. The handle may have an enlargement 12 at one end thereof and may serve to support an elon ated shaft 13 which is preferably co-axial t erewith and has a threaded end 14 threaded into the handle. A non-circular shank portion 15 may be formed on the shaft 13, between the main body thereof and the threaded end 14, the portion 15 being of length corresponding to that of the annular wire securing member 16, the bore of the latter being preferably formed to interfit with the portion 15 in a plurality of different angular relationships.

A cutting wire 17, corresponding in length to the shaft, parallels the latter, and engages, at its inner end, the annular member. The latter may be provided with a plurality of slots 18 extending inwardly from its periphery, the slots being graduated in length as shown in Fig. 4. The wire 17 has retaining knobs 19 at its ends, and one of the latter may be fitted into an desired one of the slots 18, the contour o the member 16 causing the wire, upon being tensioned, to be retained adjacent the inner end of the slot, and the enlarged end 12 of the handle, by abutting the annular securing member, preventing displacement of the end of the wire.

Mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 13 is a tensioning lever 21, which is pivotally secured to the shaft by a pin 22. The lever has a long arm 23, extending substantially parallel to the shaft, and a short arm 24 extending substantially transversely of the shaft. The short arm has an end slot 25 for receiving the outer end of the cutting wire and a plurality of parallel deformations 26, any one of which may serve to engage the knob 19 at the outer end of the wire to retain the latter a predetermined distance from the It is preferred that the deformations be spaced distances from the extended longitudinal axis of the shaft which are equal to the distances between the axis. and the respective inner ends of the slots 18'.

The wire 17- secured at one end by the member 16 an at the opposite end by the arm 24, may be tensioned to any desired degree by movement of arm 24 about the pivot pin, toward the shaft 13. This may be accomplishe'd by turning the knurled ad usting nut 27, which is threaded upon the screw 28. The latter may be aflixed to the shaft 13 and preferably extends through an aperture 29 in the lever arm 23.

In use the device may be operated to slice cheese, butter, ice cream, or the like by holding it in the manner indicated in Fig. 1 and movin it downwardly and intersectingl throng the material to be sliced. The sha t 13, which is preferably rounded, may engage the outer surface of the material and thus serve to gauge the thickness of the slice, which will be determined by the distance between the cutting wire and the shaft.

This distance may be readily varied by removing the handle from the shaft and moving the annular securing member through an angle about the axis of the shaft to hung the slot 18 having the desired depth into the plane of the slot 25. One end of the cutting wire may then be entered into this slot 18 the handle replaced, and the opposite end of the cuttin wire entered into engagement with the desired deformation 26 of the adjusting lever. The latter may then be actuated by the knurled nut 27 to properly tensionthe wire for cutting. In this manner the cutting wire may be moved to any one of a multiplicity of positions relative to the shaft in order to adapt the device to cut slices of varying thickness.

It will now be understood that this invention provides a simple and easily 0 erated device, capable of economical manu acture, and adapted to effect regular and even slices of varying thicknesses. The tenslomng means and the removable handle enable the device to be quickly and easily disassembled and assembled, in order that the parts may be thoroughly cleaned or replaced.

It will be further understood that the device ihustrated is merel exemplary of the principles of the invention, which, 1t is 1ntended, shall be considered to be of scope commensurate with the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

. 1. In a cheese slicer, a handle, a' shaft, a cutting member substantially parallel to the shaft, a member for securing said cutting member adjacent one end of said shaft, and means for attaching said cutting member adjacent the other end of said shaft, said member for securing said cutting member having a plurality of means about its periphery for engaging said cutting member and being adapted to be positioned in such various positions relative to said shaft as to bring any one of said plurality of means into alignment with said first mentioned means.

2. In a cheese slicer having a handle and a shaft, a retaining member adapted to be secured in any one of a number of angular positions relative to said shaft adjacent one end of said shaft, tensioning means at the opposite end of said shaft, and a cutting member and means for securing it to said tensioning means, said retaining member having a plurality of means about the periphery thereof for retaining an end of said cutting member, certain of said plurality of means being 'spaced a'difi'erent distance than other of said plurality of means from the axis of said shaft whereby the cutting mem ber may be spaced various distancesfrom the shaft by moving the retaining member to bring various of the retaining means thereof into alignment with said tensioning means and b securing the cutting member thereto.

3.1 151 a cheese slicer'having a shaft, a retaining member removably fitted to one end of said shaft, said retaining member having a plurality of angularly disposed slots about its periphery, a tensioning member mounted at the opposite end of said shaft, and a cutter engaged and retained in one of the slots in said retaining member and secured to said tensioning member, one of said members and said shaft bein formed to interengage in a plurality of a gular positions about the axis of said shaft, whereby said tensioning member and any one of the slots of said retaining member may be brought into ali f ment for supporting the cutter substantia y parallel tothe axis of said shaft.

4. In a cheese slicer, a handle, a shaft, 8. cutting member substantially arallel to the shaft, means adjacent one en of the shaft for securing one end of the cutting member tensioning means adjacent the other end of the shaft for securing -the other end of'the cutting member, said tensioning means comprising a lever pivoted to the shaft and adapted to engage the cuttin member, and screw threaded means for e ecting'relative angular movement between said shaft and lever.

5. In a cheese slicer having a handle and a shaft, a cutting member substantially par allel to the shaft, means for securing said cutting member adjacent one end of the shaft, tensioning means for securin the cutting member adjacent the other en I of the shaft, said tensioning means comprising a lever pivoted to said shaft about-an axis trans- .verse of the axis of said shaft, said lever having a slot for receiving an end of said member, and screw threaded means cuttin for e ecting relative angular movement between said lever and shaft about the pivotal axis.

6. In a cheese slicer havin a shaft and a cutting member substantia y paralleling means comprisin said shaft, means at one end of said shaft for securing the cutting member, tensioni means at the opposite end of said shaft for securing the cutting member, said tensioning means comprising a lever pivoted to said shaft and having an arm extendin in substantial parallelism to said shaft an an arm extending substantially transverse of said shaft, means on the latter arm for engagilgfi the cutting member, and screw thread means associated with said shaft and extending through said first mentioned arm for adjusting therelative angular position of said shaft and lever.

7. In a cheese slicer havin a shaft and a cuttin member substantia 1y parallelin said shaft, means at one end of said sha t for securing an end of the cutter at any one of a number of distances from the axis of the shaft, tensioning means at the o posite end of said shaft for securing an end of the cutter member, said cutter member being provided with an enlargement at the last mentioned end thereof, and said tensionin a lever pivoted to sai shaft, said lever aving a slot therein for receivin the end of the cutter member and a plurahty of deformations disposed at various distances from the axis of said shaft, any one of said deformations being adapted to seat the enlargement on the cutting member.

8. In a cheese slicer having a shaft provided with a non-circular end, a retaining member adapted to enga e the non-circular end in any one of a num er of an tionships about the axis of said s aft said retaining member having a lurality of slots of varying depths formed a out the periphery thereof, a tensionin member comprising a lever pivoted to sai shaft and having a slot in one end thereof and a plurality of deformations dis osed at various distances from the axis of said shaft, and a cutter member having enlargements at the ends thereof and extending substantially parallel to said shaft, the ends of said cutter member being receivable in the slot in the lever and in a slot of the retaining member that is in alignment with said lever, the enlargement on one end of said cutter member being adapted to engage one of the deformations on said lever.

9. In a cheese slicer, a shaft, a cutting member substantially parallel to the shaft, means for securin the cutting member adjacent each end 0? said shaft, the means at one end of the shaft comprism a part ex tending radially from the-sha said art having a plurality of recesses s aced a at the periphery thereof for selectively receiving said cutting member, said recesses bein spaced various distances from the axis 0 OTTO JASSOY.

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